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Old 10-13-2006, 10:46 AM
IronUnkind IronUnkind is offline
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Default Re: why I\'m an atheist...

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Rather, I mean to explain why we believe in religon in the first place. Our belief in religon ties in beautifully to the survival and propogation of the species. ie, - religon can be explained away.

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I'm not sure that this is true, but if so, it doesn't appear to be inconsistent with my metaphysics. If a particular religion were correct, one would expect that it would "tie in to the survival of the species" (whatever that means).

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However, the odds are practically zero.

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To bring things full circle:

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." — Voltaire

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However, any movement off of zero has more to do with an undetected flaw in my logic than it has to do with unknown information.

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This is only true in the most obvious sense, that is, your handicapping can't take into account that which is unknown to you.
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